Is Battleground Teela standing in for Redhaired Teela in your collection?

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View Poll Results: Is Battleground Teela is standing in for Redhaired Teela in your collection?

Is Battleground Teela standing in for Redhaired Teela in your collection?

Since the normal redhaired Teela hasn't been re-issued by Mattycollector.com and they won't go back into production on any figure, the original Classics Teela figure is very hard to get without paying some high prices. Who has brought a Battleground Teela figure as a stand-in until the redhaired version is somehow made available again? This is sort of the modern day equivalent of using Battle Armor He-Man as the standard He-Man because you couldn't find him at retail.

I would feel the same way if someone decided to give He-Man brown hair.

You mean Wun-Dar?

Originally Posted by MegaGearMax

Some fans are used to Teela being a red head.

Sorry, MGM. I wish you wouldn't make it sound like such a johnny-come-lately preference though, she was a red-head/brunette as a toy which is how many of us discovered the character right at the beginning. I wish you'd gotten your blond tiara head though. I don't think it'll be much good though if they don't deepen the neck-hole so it doesn't bobble.

Red-head Teela is real Teela. Blond-bikini Teela is my "Teela clone under Skeletor's power" imposter Teela. Weapon-wise, however, I did give her real Teela's shield and and sword. Real Teela is a stave-girl!

In my opinion, no, she should not. Hair colour is an important part of a fictional characters identity.

I would feel the same way if someone decided to give He-Man brown hair.

Tell that to General Hawk...or 200X Queen Marlena. You have the redhaired Filmation version or the brown haired MYP version. There's Fisto to a lesser extent, but people aren't really missing his red hair in Classics.

Originally Posted by gbagok

Sorry, MGM. I wish you wouldn't make it sound like such a johnny-come-lately preference though, she was a red-head/brunette as a toy which is how many of us discovered the character right at the beginning. I wish you'd gotten your blond tiara head though. I don't think it'll be much good though if they don't deepen the neck-hole so it doesn't bobble.

From my perspective, it IS a johnny-come-lately preference (For those of you who are new, I was collecting MOTU when it first started -- there was no Orko, Mer-Man had a different face, Randor was an old man, He-Man was a barbarian and Teela was a blonde for a few years), but I understand that the majority of fans came much later and missed that period.

I wish I could get a blonde tiara head too, but at least I not only got the DC Comics version of Teela, but I could make a Pre-Filmation version of her as well by popping on the Battleground Teela head onto normal Teela's body.

I figure that, after the Sorceress drops her bombshell on Teela (Sweetie, I have to make this quick. Adam is He-Man, you're the new Sorceress, and I'm your mother...kinda. You're a clone, exactly like me in every way, down to your beautiful red hair.)

Knowing our headstrong heroine, I'm betting she colored her hair as a way to differentiate herself from Teela-Na.

Not to sound like a creepy cheerleader for Uki, but it's nice to know there is at least one person on this forum who is extremely positive & friendly all the time. I don't think I could be that nice even if you paid me. If we ever give out awards for "forum member of the month", Uki gets my vote. -Mr. Shokoti

From my perspective, it IS a johnny-come-lately preference (For those of you who are new, I was collecting MOTU when it first started -- there was no Orko, Mer-Man had a different face, Randor was an old man, He-Man was a barbarian and Teela was a blonde for a few years), but I understand that the majority of fans came much later and missed that period.

MGM, you might not realize this but there's an insulting connotation to the johnny-come-lately label that I am referring to here and find inappropriate. I was there when it first started too, remember all those things (green sorceress/goddess being one of the few I'd flat out forgotten), and right along side the comics and books was a non-blonde Teela toy. It doesn't make one automatically a novice or late-comer to prefer that non-blonde version of her.

I just needed to make that stand, I'm sorry for taking us off on a tangent. I think it's likewise unfair to hate on her being blonde ever. I think she's best as a redhead if for no other reason than because I like how that looks beside Blonde He-Man more (if he were a brunette, I think I'd like her blonde more then--BG Teela looks so natural next to Vikor IMO).

MGM, you might not realize this but there's an insulting connotation to the johnny-come-lately label that I am referring to here and find inappropriate. I was there when it first started too, remember all those things (green sorceress/goddess being one of the few I'd flat out forgotten), and right along side the comics and books was a non-blonde Teela toy. It doesn't make one automatically a novice or late-comer to prefer that non-blonde version of her.

I just needed to make that stand, I'm sorry for taking us off on a tangent. I think it's likewise unfair to hate on her being blonde ever. I think she's best as a redhead if for no other reason than because I like how that looks beside Blonde He-Man more (if he were a brunette, I think I'd like her blonde more then--BG Teela looks so natural next to Vikor IMO).

I wasn't aware I was insulting anyone's preferences, but educating them that MOTU was alot different when it first started. Pre-Filmation fans get alot of "Filmation-era snobbery", so if my posts have that undercurrent, I apologize for the tone.